SEATAC, Wash. — Some 100 SkyChef airport food preparation workers, members of the UNITE HERE union, and their supporters rallied at the airport here Aug. 7, above, part of a National Day of Action. Overall, some 10,000 SkyChef workers are…
Six weeks into their strike, over 400 sanitation workers at Republic Services in Massachusetts, Illinois and Georgia are fighting for better wages and lower health care costs. The strikers, members of the Teamsters, face a bosses’ strikebreaking operation and need…
VALLEY VIEW, Ohio — Seven weeks into their strike against Airgas, Teamsters members here who fill and haul gas tanks are determined to win contracts with wage increases and improved health care. The Teamsters are on strike in Ohio, New…
ST. LOUIS — After twice rejecting contract proposals from Boeing, 3,200 members of the International Association of Machinists walked off the job here, and in St. Charles, Missouri; and Mascoutah, Illinois, Aug. 4. They are fighting to win a wage…
PITTSBURGH — Multiple explosions rocked the U.S. Steel plant in Clairton, 15 miles south of Pittsburgh, Aug. 11, killing two workers and sending 10 others to area hospitals. As of press time, five remain in critical condition. The blasts were…
MONTREAL — In a strong pushback against Canada Post bosses and Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government, close to 70% of Canada’s 55,000 postal workers rejected the bosses’ “final” contract proposal. The results were announced Aug. 1, after members of…
Some 3,200 members of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 837 went on strike Aug. 4 at three Boeing facilities in Missouri and Illinois, after voting down the company’s second inadequate contract offer in two weeks. The workers…
American Labor Struggles: 1877-1934 by Samuel Yellen is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for August. The excerpt below is from “The railroad uprisings of 1877.” Known as the Great Strike, it was sparked by starvation wages and brutal…
Solidarity from the labor movement and fellow workers is needed now for over 400 striking Teamsters at Republic Services and 3,200 International Association of Machinists members on strike at Boeing. Teamsters at Republic in Massachusetts, Illinois and Georgia, as well…
BOSTON — At a meeting here Aug. 3, members of Teamsters Local 25 voted by secret ballot to continue their strike against Republic Services by 93%. There are over 400 Teamsters on strike here. Republic is one of the largest…
